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- Artist: Kansas
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- Release Date: August 31, 2004
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rock
Review
Sony's Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection 1974-2004 is certainly the most lovingly crafted of the many Kansas retrospectives. Featuring 27 album cuts that range from classic FM hits like "Dust in the Wind" and "Point of No Return" to fan favorites such as "Song for America," a 35-page booklet that includes extensive liner notes and career-spanning photos, and a 16-track DVD that collects numerous television appearances, videos, and live recordings, Sail On seems to be the definitive tome of the Midwest art rock band's very existence. The album tracks are dished out in a linear fashion, making Bret Adams' interviews with the rotating cast of bandmembers all the more resonant, and the much needed remastering -- the band's first two albums arrived in this form a month before -- crackles with the kind of indulgent glee that can only come from the combination of crispy Hammond B-3 riffing over crafty mid-'70s time signatures. There's not much new here for fans who bought 1994's Box Set besides the additional DVD and the inclusion of five tracks from albums released on post-Epic/Legacy labels MCA, Intersound, River North, Diablo, Compendia Music, and Magna Carta, but for fans who have yet to upgrade their Columbia House copy of The Best of Kansas -- with its inevitable scratches and fingerprints from late-night/post-bar fumbling -- Sail On may open up a whole new world of appreciation for this tenacious group of prog-pop gentlemen. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Can I Tell You (Lyrics) | Steve Walsh, |
Kansas | (3:33) |
| Journey from Mariabronn (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren, Steve Walsh | Kansas | (7:57) |
| Song for America (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (10:03) |
| Lamplight Symphony (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (8:15) |
| Icarus (Borne On Wings of Steel) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (6:04) |
| The Pinnacle | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (9:36) |
| Child of Innocence (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (4:36) |
| Carry On Wayward Son (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (5:23) |
| Cheyenne Anthem (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (6:54) |
| Miracles Out of Nowhere (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (6:28) |
| What's On My Mind (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | (3:28) |
CD 2
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Can I Tell You (Lyrics) | Steve Walsh, |
Kansas | |
| Journey from Mariabronn (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren, Steve Walsh | Kansas | |
| Death of Mother Nature Suite (Lyrics) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | |
| Icarus (Borne On Wings of Steel) | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | |
| The Pinnacle | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | |
| Point of Know Return [Multimedia Track] | Kansas | ||
| Dust in the Wind [Multimedia Track] | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | |
| On the Other Side [Multimedia Track] | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | |
| People of the South Wind [Multimedia Track] | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | |
| Reason to Be [Multimedia Track] | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | |
| Away from You [Multimedia Track] | Steve Walsh | Kansas | |
| Fight Fire With Fire [Multimedia Track] | Kansas | ||
| All I Wanted [Multimedia Track] | Steve Morse, Steve Walsh | Kansas | |
| The Preacher [Live] | Steve Morse, Steve Walsh | Kansas | |
| Miracles Out of Nowhere [Live] | Kerry Livgren | Kansas | |
| Carry On Wayward Son [Live] | Kerry Livgren | Kansas |
